That's what the Mastodon issue tracker item I'm supporting, https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/20673, is all about: making quoting opt-in,...
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Mainly that it brings toxic behaviors with it that the original team didn't want. The main one being quoting aspects out of context and the original author not being able to clarify the remarks made.
Thus to mitigate the latter point, it is best to tag the author as well.
@barefootstache @freemo I get it now, thank you!